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[Miketice]

nice

 

[Miketice]

Well i listened to mush mouth all night for that. fcccccckkkk!!

 

[Lettucexxxx]

We are soft. Soft as 17. And dumb. Dumb as 17.

 

[Shamoan]

Mark that down as another 17ing game we can't have back. Nit is our best case scenario at this point.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

I believe they still haven't learned to play together. ETSU looked like a well oiled machine on some plays. The unforced turnovers by our leaders trying to do too much on their own showed tonight. Last year it was Q and the Pips. This year, there is talent that has to be harnessed. Great passes and impressive moves in the paint that led to 9 foot 10 inch shots. The finishing will come. The mid majors have better teams than the bottom half of the SEC. We will win some because we have better "athletic BBL players" and we will lose some because our "athletes" are still learning to play basketball at a level higher than where they as individuals were always the best player on the floor in high school. Even Q still has a lot to learn. The first half tonight looked like street ball by both teams. In street ball, traveling and Ticky tack fouls are not called.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Was anybody expecting

more than the NIT, this year?

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Yes, plenty of delusional people were. Next week when I am bored I will post my annual tutelage on why we aren't going to make the NIT either.

 

[KurtRambis4]

So a few morons

thought we'd make the NCAA this season? I'm not saying we can't, but, wow that's a leap of faith.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

Can't wait...

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[Junction John]

I prefer the term 'optimist', but whatever. Let me go ahead and preemptively be the first to say "that's when I thought we were going to get Ado"

 

[Miketice]

I was not. But I still get pissed when we lose. Sue me

 

[KurtRambis4]

Ok. I'm going to sue you.****

*

 

[Miketice]

LOL. "Sue me for what?" Rocky Balboa in Rocky V.

 

[BiscuitEater]

We are soft. Soft as 17. And dumb. Dumb as 17.

Guessing you missed the comment .."Out of the 361 teams playing college basketball .. Mississippi State is the youngest."

Youngest = Least experienced. No they didn't play well. But, in their defense, they did just have a 10 day lay off for exams. They are improving gradually but still make too many unforced errors. No excuse for not being able to inbound the ball with our 'guard heavy' lineup.

Q had his absolute worse game in his time at State .. and they still almost pulled the game out at the end.

 

[ShrubDog]

Mark that down as another 17ing game we can't have back. Nit is our best case scenario at this point.

It has always been.

 

[Seinfeld]

Is it just me or does it seem like Howland is doing very minimal in-game coaching this year? Not passing judgment either way, but it just seems like he's made a decision basically just put the guys out there and let them flounder this year

 

[patdog]

No excuse for not being able to inbound the ball with our 'guard heavy' lineup.

I've always wondered why more teams don't do what ETSU did on the inbounds plays. Put your biggest player on the guy inbounding the ball. Makes it hard as hell for him to see and also cuts off almost all his passing lanes.

 

[ShrubDog]

Yes we used to always put a big man on the inbounds play underneath. Depending on the lineup there could be a mismatch on the cross screen on the block and an easy layup.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Guessing you missed the comment .."Out of the 361 teams playing college basketball .. Mississippi State is the youngest."

Youngest = Least experienced. No they didn't play well. But, in their defense, they did just have a 10 day lay off for exams. They are improving gradually but still make too many unforced errors. No excuse for not being able to inbound the ball with our 'guard heavy' lineup.

Q had his absolute worse game in his time at State .. and they still almost pulled the game out at the end.

One thing constantly overlooked is that all these young guys were not asked to play very much defense last year as high school players. They were the guys on their team counted on to score points, or at least they were not asked to play very much defense against college level talent.

So... they are learning to play defense against better talent and be teammates with players they never played with before.

It takes some time for these two things to happen.

You guys that are disappointed right now come back at the end of the season and I think you will see a much better product.

 

[diggidydog]

I heard Dick Williams on the radio last night mention that their coach learned to defend the out of bounds play while coaching under Bruce Pearl. Is that something you really have to learn?

Unrelated but on their last shot last night, everybody on our team stood and watched. Nobody crashed or even tried to get near the goal in case he missed. Kegler made a lame attempt after the put back. Aric, got pushed out of the way, IJ just stood there and watched, didn't move at all.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

For what? Them Blue Moons don't buy themselves...

 

[dickiedawg]

I felt like they didn't know how much time was left on the clock. I didn't know how much time was left after the first shot.